Comments on: YouTube Now Lots Better On Windows Mobile And Nokia Phones

By: Brent212

Brent212 — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:18:15 +0000

A common scenario that apparently none of the absent-minded developers of this “app” considered:
Someone sends you a link to a youtube video in an email. You click on the link, and damn! the web browser opens up and you don’t get to view the video in your fancy new youtube app. Not a biggie, as I’m not expecting things to ever be that slick in WinMo, but the real insanity that boggles my mind is how someone could be so idiotic as to make a youtube app that doesn’t allow youtube URLs to be used to find videos. After selecting the link, copying the URL, and manually opening the youtube app, I find that not only is there no way to use this youtube URL to view the video, but they don’t even support copy and paste in the search field! WTF?!?

I realize I can use the default winmo keyboard to do a CTRL+V and get the copied URL pasted in, but most people probably aren’t that resourceful, not to mention that the search will turn up nothing anyway.

Basically, the best way to find that video that your friend sent you a link to, is to follow the link in your browser, select and copy the title of the video, open up the youtube app and click in the search field, switch to the stylus-requiring winmo standard keyboard that you never use, break out the stylus (which you might have out already if you needed it to select the video title in the browser) and tap the CTRL button followed by “V”. Now your search will hopefully turn up the video that you had the exact URL of originally. Awesome. Way to go google/youtube programmers!

By: Nokia 5800 user

Nokia 5800 user — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:42:18 +0000

I have use my nokia 5800 to access m.youtube.com, it is cool to view youtube videos

By: Charles

Charles — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:46:34 +0000

The best solution for this is Kinoma Play for Windows Mobile (and soon Symbian), which has a better UI plus lets you log into your YouTube account to see favorites, rate and comment, etc.

Kinoma Play is probably the best media player for mobile yet (handily beating what’s possible on iPhones), so it’s a bit strange that TechCrunch hasn’t discovered it yet.

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By: Varun

Varun — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:37:16 +0000

FoneArena Video Demo of the Youtube App on E71

http://www.fone...-s60-phone.html

By: Varun

Varun — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:36:55 +0000

FoneArena Video Demo of the Youtube App on E71

By: Mohammad Afaq

Mohammad Afaq — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:51:32 +0000

I really love You Tube but I don't really like to watch it over my cell phone. I have a new Nokia and a Blackberry but I never tried to go to the mobile you tube. Mohammad Afaq Free Website Traffic

By: chloe

chloe — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:30:43 +0000

“lots” better? what kind of title is that? I expect better writing than this on TC.

By: jah

jah — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:15:27 +0000

sigh.

I still get an error message and have never been able to view a youtube from my windows mobile 6.1 Sprint Treo 800w. error message is ox8007274d.

sigh.

By: mojaam

mojaam — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:50:20 +0000

Agreed, I was looking for a way to view profiles, favorites, etc but then realized that. I don’t mind those missing features, favs maybe, but I like that it is simple and fast.

By: WIRELESS « Daily Marauder

WIRELESS « Daily Marauder — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:12:11 +0000

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By: mh

mh — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:01:34 +0000

Managed to get it finally. Had to change the webpage settings to English and UK. Seems like the client only is release to some “countries”

By: mh

mh — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:55:15 +0000

I just tried accessing m.youtube.com with my N95-2 and can’t find any download link.

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By: Jaclyn Elgeness

Jaclyn Elgeness — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:33:03 +0000

I beg to differ. The comments, in their complete and utter uselessness, are often hilarious. I would NEVER want them disabled. Take this video for example: http://www.yout...h?v=7QLSRMoKKS0 and one of the current comments: “thats what happens wen black people run a tv station.” What a moron, I know and racist to boot, but these moronic opinions add a whole other dimension of hilarity to YouTube.

By: Shane O'Gorman

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:46:04 +0000

This has a lot of potential for the Real Estate industry. I put all my listings on Youtube already and this is really great because now you can see a virtual tour of the house while standing outside. Done right this could be very effective especially once more people are aware that it is possible.

By: Vasanth Dharmaraj

Vasanth Dharmaraj — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:40:27 +0000

It works great on my E71. Check out some screen shots: http://e71.vasa...-for-nokia-e71/

By: Elena Ghittori Blanco

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:26:03 +0000

Cool

By: Adam Jackson

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:02:08 +0000

You’re kidding, right? In the last 3 years, YouTube Comments and reached lows that I thought could never be achieved for Internet commenting.

Let’s look at a random video from the front page:
http://www.yout...h?v=jXTYbbY6OOQ

I’m picking 3 of the 6 latest comments.

1. “Haha, his movies suck.”
2. “check out my videos haha he look kinda fat”
3. “the china man just wants to see nice American titties”

That’s 50% of the comments on this guy’s video. Please show me a video with comments that actually benefits anyone and I’ll owe you a single dollar. YouTube comments are full of complete trash. If we could disable comments, I would. It’s utter trash and I’m confused why you’d want that trash clogging up the pipes and sent directly to your phone.

By: Nate

Nate — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:56:49 +0000

Nope. No comments. This app is just for searching and viewing.

It’s very nice, btw. It loads videos very quickly, looks good, and is easy to use.

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By: Sexy Technician

Sexy Technician — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:39:02 +0000

can your review and make comments? sometimes the comments are just as important as the video.